Roasted Butternut Squash with a Cranberry, Apple and Chestnut Stuffing
Ingredients
- for the stuffing:
- chestnut and orange dressing
- 80g cooked chestnuts
- juice of 1 orange
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 2 tbsps red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsps water
- pinch salt
- 80g cooked chestnuts
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 2 tbsps red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsps water
- Pinch salt
- Couple of turns of ground black pepper
Preparation
Sauté 1/2 onion in a little olive oil with salt and pepper to taste and 1/2 tsp dried thyme along with a few fresh thyme leaves. Add half a red apple, chopped and 100g cooked chestnuts, crumbled - sauté for a further 10 mins. Add 200g cooked brown rice and a handful of dried cranberries. Stir well and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes
Fill the freshly roasted squash with the chestnut stuffing and drizzle with the dressing below. Top with fresh sage leaves for a gorgeously, subtle, woody scent
Split a whole butternut squash lengthways and scoop out the seeds and the stringy bits. Drizzle with olive oil and roast at 180 for 1 hrs